Design of Survivable Networks with Bounded Rings

These days, the nature of services and the volume of demand in the telecommu­ nication industry is changing radically, with the replacement of analog transmis­ sion and traditional copper cables by digital technology and fiber optic transmis­ sion equipment. Moreover, we see an increasing competition among providers of telecommunication services, and the development of a broad range of new services for users, combining voice, data, graphics and video. Telecommunication network planning has thus